Prince Ea's song explains to Obama why he should end the war on cannabis

I love people who can educate and politicize in creative and entertaining ways. Prince Ea -- hip hop artist, activist and founder of Make SMART Cool -- shows us how it's done with his soon-to-be-released song "Smoking Weed With The President."

This epic 8-minute song is both a history lesson and an advocacy tool that will make you laugh and expand your mind at the same time.

Prince Ea is releasing a lyrical version of the song on Indiegogo to raise money to shoot a music video to accompany the track. You can support Prince Ea's project -- and in doing so reach hundreds of thousands of people.

25 Responses to “Prince Ea's song explains to Obama why he should end the war on cannabis”

This is a killer topic for any politician to take a position on. I suggest the budget for drug enforcement be pulled out from under the umbrella of a bigger bill and be voted on as a stand alone item. Then the who and how much will become visible once a year.
The same needs to happen in each state. I don’t much care about drugs but I do care that we’re going nowhere.

Talk about fiscal responsibility. Legalizing and regulating cannabis would be an epic move for this country: think of the direct stimulation to the economy via the introduction of a new legitimate industry alone. I cannot see how any moderate (a large group of our country that the GOP has already turned away in favor of appealing to an angry fringe) would not vote for a man willing to do this. It would be an instant win.

It’s very hard to reconcile the quite large numbers of people who respond to polls saying they support marijuana decriminalisation with the large numbers of people who vote for candidates who support harsher penalties for any kind of drug use.

As one that experienced Obama’s current drug Czar while he was still the chief of police in Seattle – i can tell ya, there will never be a sensible change in policy while Kerlikowske holds that office. (nice guy, but he was utterly sold on the ‘reefer madness’ madness)

Can you imagine the shit storm from the right if Obama came out for legalization? Drug policy needs reform but Obama has more important things to do and does not need the Republicans pointing and sputtering any more than they are.

Sure, I guess *theoretically* the ‘right wing shitstorm against Obama’ (paraphrased) could get so much worse…
Honestly, elements of the ‘right wing’ have been calling for ARMED INSURRECTION since even before the President was elected!
In the last few weeks, official organs of the Republican Party have called for extra-legal actions against the President.

Honestly, the President could do worse than to embrace cannabis legalization. He’s rhetorically embraced other controversial topics in the past- this is both how he won his Senate seat and how he won the Presidency.
Had he ever attempted sincerely to make good on the promises involved, he’d be in a much more secure political position.

On what do you base that on besides your imagination? There are plenty of Republican stoners and the tax dollars would allow income and other taxes to be taken out of the spotlight. Maybe if alcoholic beverage companies and other legal vice-oriented companies were run solely by Democrats you might have a point. You’re nothing but Chicken Little here, not to mention the medical side of all this.

What more important things does Obama have to do, avoid war with Iran? Yeah, that’s part of the scam.

No. Whereas this will be a cultural sponge for effort that should be expended politically. I think it will induce apathy on the topic and cause many people to accept Obama’s implications that he will do something “after he’s re-elected,” and not push for it to be a campaign topic.

It would be so very interesting to see if some of those drugged out gangsters made their way, eventually becoming valuable, taxpaying members of society, continuing to strive to fulfil their hopes, dreams and aspirations, earned respect from their communities, lovingly raised their children.

I’m being silly.
Everybody knows, once the addictive gateway drug has infested the mind, there is no turning back.
The marihu.. uhh marjihuwa… uh hemp flowers addicted criminals will forever be a drain on society, roam our streets while being brown, live in Mom’s basement, or in the best case scenario fill the industries need for inmates.
Studies have proven that the use of hemp flowers by minors often leads to juvenile delinquency.
Smoking weed is a gateway crime, thus proving how bad it is.

I bet none of those Choom Gangsters has ever amounted to anything.
Society should remove all their titles and degrees and lock them up retroactively.

I completely agree with the sentiments in the video. I doubt if Obama will do anything more than give another of his condescending chuckles and smile that “I got buckets of cash” smile and ignore it. The only change Obama was interested in was changing the person in the White House. I didn’t support the Republicans or the Democrats. They’re nothing bu two sets of parasites with different names.

It’s time for a new Declaration of Independence. The current American Government has strayed too far from the ideals set forth in Declaration of Independence MK1. It’s time for Declaration of Independence MK2, a document to create a new government that leaves the old government swinging in the breeze, nothing but a head swinging in the breeze.

Even if they believe it a good idea to legalize, what politican is going to have the balls to stand up and do something about it, largely for the lobbyist reasons that Ea mention.

The guy in the glasses to Ea’s right looks like he’s baked out of his gourd. It’ll be good if this gets some traction – the senate, congress etc will probably make sure it doesn’t less it chip their paycheques.

Want thing that pisses me off about legalization campaigns is the pot never killed anybody claim. It clearly can cause a host of fatal/chronic diseases from emphysema to lung cancer. Read up about the fate of many 70’s reggae singers! You have to campaign with the truth.

What is wrong with you? You have ZERO knowledge. Cannabis saved my life, being born with an uncontrollable disorder that I could not live with. I have studied the effects of cannabis for the past 6 years and am an 18 year veteran as far as usage goes. I’m healthy today and I have cannabis to thank. Alcoholism has granted many close calls as far as death is concerned in my life and without cannabis those close calls would have kept occurring until “close” no longer was valid.

Wake up and have another listen to this video and maybe study a bit yourself. There has never been a single death directly related to cannabis and that is fact.